Improvement in street-pavement



halted gieten JAMES o. BLAKE, 0E ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

Letters PatentNo. 102,361, dated April 26,1s70.

nlrPRovEMENT 1N STREET-revendeur.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentfand making part of the sanne.v

I, JAMES O. BLAKE, of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Method of Paving Streets an`d Roadways, of which the following'is a specification.

It is known that the various forms of wood pavement possess certain advan tages over stone pavements, such as greater smoothness, ease of travel, and freedomfrom noise, which qualities are shared incommon with composition pavements, while at the same time certain disadvantages attend their use, among which are specially noticeable the fact that pavements cannot be taken up or broken through in places, as when access to the gas and water-pipes is necessary, without 'much trouble and expense, and permanent injury to the roadway; and also that such pavements are illy adapted to heav teaming, from the liability of horses feet to slip on them when wet or covered with snow, while, on the other hand, that pavement, which is composed of blocks of stone, as the Belgian and other kinds, is easily taken up and relaid, with smallv expense and no injury to the -st1'eet,and is much better adapted for durability and heavy traffic, from the im-v perishable natureoi` its material, and the better foot hold which it affords.

It is the object of myinvention to combine the advantages of both systems in one roadway; and

It consists of a composite pavement formed of longitudinal sections ot' Belgian or other stone pavement, arranged with respect to the gas, water, and sewerpipes, with interveningsect-ions of Wood or composition pavement, such sections being each of a suitable width for driving upon.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a plan view, and

. Figure 2, avertical section of a roadway constructed upon my'improved system.

In a street of rordinary width Aof travel-way, say forty feet between the curbstones, I divide this space into five equal or nearly equal longitudinal sections.

The central one, A, is laid with stone pavement of Belgian or other style, and underneath this is located the main sewer of the street B.

On either side of this I place the wooden pavement, as the Nicholson or other smooth and comparatively elastic travel-way C C and on the outer side of these' sections, occupying the remaining space between them and` the curbstones, I .lay the Belgian or stone pavenient D D. 1 'g The last-named sections form not onlytravel-ways,

'but also the gutters, and -underneath them are placed the water and gas-mains e j. Outside of this the side walls are laid-in any suitable manner.

By means of this arrangement and combination,

several new and useful results are obtained.

. The stone portions', which are readily removable,

overlie all the substructures, so that the wood pavement, which requires to be laid upon a ooring or other regular foundation entirely nnadapted to breaking through to reach underlying pipes, has never to eight feet of width, being( sufficient for an ordinary carriage. i

In wider streets, the sect-ions may be of greater numbers or increased width, as may seem best.

By the adoption of this system, the convenience and comfort of all who use the. street for driving are promoted, and the durability, good condition and appearance ofthe street greatly improved without an increase 'of expense in the original cost, and witlian important saving in the cost of repairs.

I claim as my invention- An improved method of forming paved street-ways, consisting of alternate sections ot lstone pavement A D D, with street-pipes and sewer under-lyingl the same, and of wood or composition pavement, substan- ,tially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed .my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES O. BLAKE.

Witnesses:

-RoLLIN GERMAIN, K. N. JoNEs. 

